to d'owfe S A'I'N T S. J will J can deliver up to the cownfcll of their owne hearts, that they:fhall not bee converted by you; Now ; if Ciarift have all power in Heaven and in Earth , thin he bath pow- er to continue his Minihers as long as his will is. J need not Rand to prove this, it is too evident : bee bath power to lengthen his Minifers lives , to prolong their liberties, when bee takes away one , hee bads power to put in another as good : When he meant to take away Viol. , he anoynted hdifkis in his roome. hf their enemies be never fo many, hee can eye up their hands ; hee delivered Paul from the mouth of the Lyon : though forty men had vowed to take him a- way by death, hee diverted their plot, and continued him Hill : Nay, when he was in Rends , yet he was able to get him liberty to goc abroad with his Keeper, and to preach the Kingdome of G O D to as many as carne. Suppole the world be never fo mad againf+Chri s Knitters , yet as long as hee hash any more worke for them to doe, he can hold eft their fingers from medling with them , till they have finifhed the Taske that he hath.ggiven them to doe. The life of this is; firft, That Mnifîers fhould not feare -te bee deprived of their Liberty fo long as they doe well ; gdted it they doe ill, if they bee wicked or idle, or unwor- thy; filch Minihers fhould feare they doe deferve to bee put dovrne. But if wee be godly Minihers, it is our bafeneffe to feare any filch thing. Chrift bath the continuing of us, our times are not in niens hands, but in his. 11F hat a horrible thing is it, that wee fhould goe againh our Confcience in any thing, or bee afraid to fpeak what God bids us , to be rneate-mouthed , to bee difeouraged with rumours, or dan- gers, wee fhould keepe nothing back 'of the whole cowl- fill of God we are Starres in his hands , and hee bath the continuing of us ; though men fight aga.inft us, they can- not prevaile againfl us, till our bufineffe is all done. As the Lord told the Prophet Jeremiah : The, fball fight ag4wvff thee, but they (hall net prevails vitinff thee, fir 3 one with thew, Ierem, z.z9. Let us thenbe afraid of nothing but finne. X Let 153 rfe z.
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